Last updated on: 8/31/2007 | Author: ProCon.org

Susan Okie, MD Biography

Title:
Contributing Editor of the New England Journal of Medicine
Position:
None Found to the question "Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Dec. 7, 2006

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
    Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to end-of-life issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to end-of-life.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Contributing Editor, the New England Journal of Medicine
  • Former Medical Reporter, Washington Post
  • Former National Science Editor, Washington Post
  • Recipient, American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Public Communications Award, 2000
  • Garden State Children’s Book Award (New Jersey) for To Space and Back
Education:
  • MD, Harvard Medical School, 1978
  • BA, Biology, Radcliffe
Other:
  • None found